Passenger injured by falling briefcase from overhead bin. Passenger behavior illness personal trauma...

Attributes
ACN	296472
Time
Date	199502
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bna
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	296472
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Passenger injury. Passenger was hit north head with unsecured brief case from overhead bin at departure time. At about PM20Z she began shaking and became nauseous. Ok later, but had paramedics meet aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PAX INJURED BY FALLING BRIEFCASE FROM OVERHEAD BIN. PAX BEHAVIOR ILLNESS PERSONAL TRAUMA INJURY.

Narrative: PAX INJURY. PAX WAS HIT N HEAD WITH UNSECURED BRIEF CASE FROM OVERHEAD BIN AT DEP TIME. AT ABOUT PM20Z SHE BEGAN SHAKING AND BECAME NAUSEOUS. OK LATER, BUT HAD PARAMEDICS MEET ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Passenger injured by falling briefcase from overhead bin. Passenger behavior illness personal trauma injury.